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Domino's Farm Tower

Domino's
Farm Tower

Ann Arbor,
Michigan, United States. 1987

Architect:
Gunnar Birkets

Domino's Farm Tower, also known
as Tom Monaghan's Leaning Tower of Pizza,
is the most symbolic project of Gunnar Birkets career. Located in the
Domino's Farm in Ann Arbor, the interests of the client of making an object
visible from the Highway merged with the own ambition of the architect. Gunnar
aimed to create a building that would have an emotional response from the
visitor. Therefore, he leaned the tower fifteen degrees from the
vertical plane and combined with a orthogonal grid . The color of the facade
wanted to suggest different natural elements: sun, sky, water and vegetation.
The project was never built but the client created a 1:10 model that remains in
the same place as it was supposed to be built.